Sunday, September 24, 2006

Chronicles of Oz (Part 2)

Brisbane(The writer apologises for not regaling you with tales of adventure and misadventure from Brisbane earlier. But it's been two months since those events took place, so she figures it's too late now anyway. So here you go... more pictures, with some brief descriptions. Hope you don't mind.)

The highlights of Brisbane were:* Staying with Uncle Bill and Aunty Joni—Wern's aunt's sister—and their household of two Taiwanese and one Japanese exchange students* Waking up REALLY early...like 7am every day* Riding the Superman Escape in Movie World, which goes from 0-100km in 2 seconds* Walking, walking, walking* More walking in national parks, kangaroo reserves, forest reserves, weekend markets* Having a kookaburra steal a barbecued sausage from out of my hand* Petting koalas and feeding kangaroos at the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary* Trying out kayaking, at the lake at the back of Aunty Joni's house* Seeing a singer-songwriter do a really cool cover of Big Yellow Taxi at the Eumundi weekend market* Spotting koalas, dolphins, hares, wild birds in the wild* Uncle Bill's crazy, bounding Labrador, 'Hamish'* Visiting the Brisbane Powerhouse (nothing much but interesting 'feel') and Brisbane Museum* Lots of sunshine and balmy weather